I've bought some of the GBoH offerings from GMT, and I certainly have enough to keep busy. I was wondering, however, where the series can go, other than reprints. The Men of Iron series seems to take the place of GBoH in the Middle Ages. I guess that there are some battles in China that are as well-documented as ancient battles in the West. I don't know where else this series can go. Any thoughts?

I've bought some of the GBoH offerings from GMT, and I certainly have enough to keep busy. I was wondering, however, where the series can go, other than reprints. The Men of Iron series seems to take the place of GBoH in the Middle Ages. I guess that there are some battles in China that are as well-documented as ancient battles in the West. I don't know where else this series can go. Any thoughts?

The system seems robust enough to me that it could go into the 1900s. the "Waterloo Campaign" might be interesting. Many things would need to be tweaked to allow for gunpowder and range but there are still bayonet/cavalry charges and melee so who knows...

I'd like to see a volume on Imperial (as opposed to Republican) Rome. Currently the series jumps from Julius Caesar to Justinian, with only the Caratacus module covering anything in between (as far as I recall). There's a few hundred years of Imperial expansion that could be covered.

Go for the full rules. They mechanics are very straightforward and it's great fun...

The regular rules are not that complex but the game takes a lot less time to play with SGBoH. Not as much die rolling if I recall correctly.

SGBoH is more streamlined than the full game in my view. It plays smoother and faster. The system works to deliver the same amount of fun with less rules. When given a choice, I would go for the SGBoH rather than the full GBoH.

...The Men of Iron series seems to take the place of GBoH in the Middle Ages...

Actually I think there are a few Medieval battles already in the GBoH system. Even if one does not count Cataphract as being Medieval certainly Devil's Horsemen covers the Middle Ages. And specifically there are a few (one?) battle(s) from the Crusades that are done somewhere in those or a module. And I think if GMT so chose that (Crusades and Feudal and Medieval Europe) would make for an excellent stop on the GBoH product roadmap. It is actually a pretty good fit, probably better than a lot of topics the system has already covered.

On the other hand, while GBoH started in the Thirty Years War with Lion of the North, and while I have not played that particular title, I think GMT already has a much better (IMO) game system for the gunpowder era in the MPBS. So it is hard for me to see that as a likely choice for further games in the series. But I suppose there is always room for another system in that era.

But I am curious how people with actual playing experience with both LotN and MPBS would compare the two systems.